It is with saddened hearts that we notify you that Dr. Sarnt Santinoranon passed away on October 23, 2017. He was with his family members, and a private funeral service was held on October 28, 2017, in Gainesview, Florida where he resided. The funeral was attended by Drs. Weerasak and Kannika Sangrujee, Dr. Chookiert Emko and Dr. Vinai Raksakulthai, representatives from his Chiengmai alumni class of 1966.

Dr. Sarnt was a life member of TPAA since 1990 and a valuable contributor to TPAA Publications for many years. He had a unique style of writing and through the years, provided us with thoughtful articles that included both real-life experiences and colorful commentary. His articles were both entertaining and informative, and were well-received, enjoyed and appreciated by our members and friends. This can best be exemplified by the following testimonial from one of his former colleagues and editor-in-chief of the publication committee, Dr. Kuntol Srivisal:

“Dr. Sant was a well known and prolific writer who wrote under the pen name, “S. Florida”. He contributed to TPAA publications and served on the Publication Committee for many years. His poems and articles, drawn from his vast experience, offered thoughtful comments, were tempered with humor and were always appreciated by the readers. As someone who served on the same Committee as Dr. Sant, I would like to express my sincere condolences to his family and friends. On a personal note, I wish I could go back in time and thank him more for hiscooperation, he never said no to my requests for an article. I will miss you, Dr. Sant” (Kuntol Srivisal).

He will be truly missed by all of us at TPAA, and our heartfelt condolences go to his family.

Dr. Wanda Phipatanakul, daughter of Drs. Supote and the late Chintana Phipatanakul was recently
promoted to full Professor in the Division of Allergy and Immunology at Harvard Medical School.
In achieving this milestone in her career, she has become the first Thai Professor at Harvard Medical
School and also the youngest female physician in their history to be promoted to this level.

Dr. Phipatanakul joined the faculty at Harvard and its affiliate Boston Children’s Hospital 17 years ago.
Her primary research focuses on how children’s allergen exposures at school affect their
disease outcomes. She has published 180 papers and secured more than $45 million in NIH grant
money for her research. She is also a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal Allergy and
Clinical Immunology, the official publication of The American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology.

“I love making a difference. I like to try to make discoveries that could impact the lives of people in
understanding disease and health outcomes,” one of her favorite quotes.

Dr. Phipatanukul joined TPAA as life member in 2007 and had conducted several lectures in Allergy
during TPAA’s Annual Convention in Thailand in recent years.

In the past few years, the committee on nominations sent out election ballots to TPAA members by postal mail which was costly and required a lot of labor. However, only a tiny fraction of TPAA members sent back the voted ballots, about 5 % in 2016.

The board of directors was considering alternate methods to disseminate the ballots. Recently I proposed to the board that we try electronic voting (via emails) until the bylaws is amended, but it did not receive majority support from board members. Therefore, we are sending the ballots again by postal mail this year.

Since this could possibly be the last time we will mail out the ballots, we ask that EVERY member please return the voted ballot. Most importantly, please kindly fill out the contact information at bottom of form as completely as you can*.